(sighing thoughtfully) Don't you just love reading up on really good fanfics? Kind of like half-way through right now with Sueric's Chronicles, well at least of where she is right now. She keeps updating 'em so fast I can't even keep up. I started reading Torrent right when she posted the epilogue and just started on Monday to read Chronicles. That is probably why you haven't heard anything from me since I finished Lost Memories. I was planning on waiting till Monday to put up Say Goodbye, but my conscious and need for being praised about my work got to me. Oh, and thanks, Inuyasha-Cmm-Writer, for telling me about Ayame's episodes. I will have to look into that before I can progress on with Say Goodbye, well, at least from where I left off in writing. Well, gotta go ahead and let you read the prologue before I get kicked off. Sorry, internet's still down.
Ikuyo!
Prologue: Incomplete
My missing half
Comes back to me
After all this time
Everyone I know
Smile down on me
But why do I feel this pain,
This sadness, this emptiness
I wish it could just go away
I wander away
From everyone and everything
I try to think things through
But all that comes up
Is you over and over again
That's when I realize
My missing half
Is you
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"Kagome! Where are you going?" Sango called as she, Miroku, and Shippou ran outside of the hut after Kagome.
"I don't know, but something doesn't feel right," Kagome said running to the edge of the village that they were staying at. "Inuyasha's been gone for too long, and I'm worried." Kagome kept running until she saw detached lights above the nearby forest heading towards her.
The other three caught up with Kagome when Miroku noticed the balls of light as well. "Are those…?"
"Disconnected souls," Sango said as she and Shippou too saw the souls.
"Then that means…Kikyou's…" Kagome trailed off as she suddenly began to emit a strange aura of light. It got brighter as the souls came closer. Kagome was raised a few feet in the air when the souls merged with her. "What's happening?!" Kagome shrieked as the final two entered her body. Once the aura dissipated, Kagome landed abruptly.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Shippou asked as he jumped off Miroku's shoulder to Kagome's side.
"Yeah, I guess. What was that all about?" Kagome's aura felt stronger but was reduced as she stopped glowing.
"I believe those souls have merged together with your spiritual aura," Miroku concluded.
"But, where did they come from?" Sango inquired.
"I don't know but I have a very bad feeling about this." Then Kagome thought to herself, 'I feel weird, almost…empty inside. Why is that?'
"Come one, let's go find out what happened," Kagome said as she got up. "Whatever happened can't be good."
She ran down towards the forest, the direction the souls appeared from, followed by the others. They were only yards away from the edge when Inuyasha emerged from the trees.
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha looked up from the ground and saw everyone running to him except Kagome.
"Huh? What are you guys doing him?"
"Kagome sensed something out here, and we found some disconnected souls floating towards us. What happened?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha looked back down at the ground. "Naraku…killed Kikyou."
"So those were…?" Miroku asked.
"Yeah, the souls that Kikyou had taken from Kagome and kept. When she died, the souls dispersed from her body. I-"
Shippou suddenly jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder and asked, "Where's Kagome going?"
Everyone saw Kagome walking up the hill towards the village.
"Poor thing. After all that Kikyou has put her through, she must be confused," sympathized Sango. "I'll go talk to her." Sango tried to catch up with her friend.
"Confused? Confused about what?" demanded Inuyasha.
"You're just as thick-skulled as ever. I feel compassionate towards her. Come, Shippou." Miroku headed towards the village as well, followed by Shippou.
"What is she confused about?!" Inuyasha yelled, oblivious to the obvious.
'Now that Kikyou's dead,' Kagome thought to herself, 'Inuyasha will keep looking through to Kikyou instead of me. Why couldn't I be at home or school, anywhere but here?' Kagome was on the verge of tears as she marched back to the village.
That's all for right now. Until Monday. (What? You thought this was gonna be a long prologue? Haha, you shtupid! Prologues aren't always as long as the chapters in stories.) (JK) Ja ne!
Final words
Inuyasha: Why the fuck won't you tell me what's going on here?! Hey, kid, I promise I won't pummel you if you tell me what's wrong with Kagome.
Shippou: Boy, Inuyasha, you're as dense as you love ramen.
Inuyasha: You've got till ten to live. 1… 2…
Shippou: Can you even count to ten?
Inuyasha: …10!!! Let the thumpage begin!